Pet names · 2026
Most popular pet names of 2026
Most pet name lists are guesses. This one is a headcount. We ranked the 15,052 dogs and cats whose families booked care on PetWorks in 2026, so every name here belongs to a pet that actually exists.
Updated November 5, 2026.
#1 dog name
Luna
#1 cat name
Luna
The top 20 of each, side by side
Arrows show the change since 2025. Follow either list for the full top 50, plus separate girl and boy rankings.
Dogs
10,610 dogs
- 1 Luna 108 dogs –
- 2 Daisy 96 dogs ▲ 3
- 3 Bella 92 dogs –
- 4 Lucy 81 dogs ▲ 10
- 5 Charlie 77 dogs –
- 6 Cooper 77 dogs –
- 7 Milo 71 dogs –
- 8 Max 69 dogs ▼ 4
- 9 Buddy 64 dogs –
- 10 Coco 59 dogs –
- 11 Teddy 57 dogs new
- 12 Rocky 48 dogs ▲ 4
- 13 Bear 47 dogs –
- 14 Winston 47 dogs new
- 15 Bailey 45 dogs ▼ 7
- 16 Lola 44 dogs ▼ 4
- 17 Sadie 44 dogs –
- 18 Leo 43 dogs –
- 19 Molly 41 dogs new
- 20 Blue 40 dogs new
Cats
4,442 cats
- 1 Luna 50 cats –
- 2 Bella 28 cats ▲ 6
- 3 Charlie 28 cats ▲ 12
- 4 Milo 25 cats –
- 5 Kitty 24 cats –
- 6 Leo 21 cats –
- 7 Loki 20 cats –
- 8 Oliver 19 cats –
- 9 Smokey 19 cats new
- 10 Daisy 17 cats new
- 11 Lily 17 cats ▲ 6
- 12 Lucy 17 cats new
- 13 Coco 16 cats ▲ 3
- 14 Simba 16 cats new
- 15 Cleo 15 cats ▼ 3
- 16 Mochi 15 cats new
- 17 Ollie 15 cats new
- 18 Oreo 15 cats –
- 19 Nala 14 cats ▼ 6
- 20 Gracie 13 cats new
How we measured this
These rankings come from PetWorks' own booking data rather than a survey. When a pet parent books care or requests a quote, they tell us their pet's name, what kind of animal it is, and whether it is a boy or a girl.
We count one entry per household per pet, so a family who books every month is not counted twice. Entries that are not a single pet's name are left out, including placeholders like “puppy” and “not named yet”. Spelling is normalized so Bella and bella count together, while genuinely different spellings like Lily and Lilly stay apart.
We only publish a ranking where the sample can support it. Dogs and cats have tens of thousands of pets behind them; horses, rabbits and birds do not, so we do not pretend to rank those yet.
Pet name questions
What is the most popular pet name of 2026?
Luna for dogs and Luna for cats, out of 15,052 pets booked on PetWorks in 2026.
Where does this pet name data come from?
From bookings and care requests made on PetWorks. Pet parents tell us their pet's name, type and gender when they book, so these rankings reflect pets that genuinely exist rather than names people say they like. We count one entry per household per pet.
How many pets are these rankings based on?
10,610 dogs and 4,442 cats added in 2026.
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